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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an otter trawl, the bottom opening is maintained by a chain made more mobile by metal _____.
(a) Wheels.
(b) Levers.
(c) Bobbins.
(d) Casings.

2. Blackfish are considered _____.
(a) Very valuable.
(b) A by-catch of cod fishing.
(c) A useless fish.
(d) Bottom feeders.

3. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?
(a) Smelting.
(b) Ling cod.
(c) Kippering.
(d) Stockfish.

4. Where did the Moore family take the train to every morning to buy freshly-landed North Sea cod?
(a) Skegness.
(b) Blackwell.
(c) Newlyn.
(d) Daventry.

5. In 1881, a shipyard in Hull built a steam-powered trawler called the _____.
(a) Zodiac.
(b) The Merry Widow.
(c) Insomniac.
(d) Card Shark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the throat of the cod called?

2. The Polsloe Bridge fish-and-chips shop was in which British city?

3. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

4. Where was John Cabot born?

5. What was the forerunner of sonar?

(see the answer key)

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